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  • 6. VCF 9.0 Homelab Save TB transitioning Windows NFS thick to Rocky Linux NFS thin

    calendar Apr 3, 2026 · Lab Automation VCF 9.0 VCF Installer VCENTER VMOTION NSX NFS THICK THIN WINDOWS LINUX  ·
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    **6. VCF 9.0 Homelab Save TB transitioning Windows NFS thick to Rocky Linux NFS thin**

    Save Terabytes of free space Migrate base and nested VCF vms from Windows NFS thick to Rocky Linux NFS thin at 10Gbps speed Migrating Shutdown VMs/01.10G+ physical nic with 8 10G vnic bonded on rocky linux 9 vm with nfs on VMware Workstation on Windows.png Migrating Shutdown VMs/01.10G+ physical nic with 8 10G …


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  • Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork - with VCF Automation

    calendar Apr 1, 2026 · Lab Automation VCF 9.0 VCF Planning and Preparation workbook VCF Installer SDDC Manager VCF Operations VCF Automation LCMVMSP10002 VCENTER EVC ESXI NESTED ESXI VSAN NSX Fleet VCF Management Workload Domain VLAN Vyos DNS NTP NFS  ·
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    **Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork - with VCF Automation**

    Github Repo https://github.com/abbedsedk/vcf-fleet-automated-lab-deployment/tree/master I have similar VLAN Fork that take VCF Workbook as guidelines for VCF 5.x Github Repo and related blog Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Deployment Branch Fork Vlan Update Workload Domains support Another of my VLAN Fork Github …


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  • Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork

    calendar Mar 27, 2026 · Lab Automation VCF 9.0 VCF Planning and Preparation workbook VCF Installer SDDC Manager VCF Operations VCENTER ESXI NESTED ESXI VSAN NSX Fleet VCF Management Workload Domain VCF VI Workload Domain VLAN Vyos DNS NTP  ·
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    **Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork**

    Github Repo https://github.com/abbedsedk/vcf-fleet-automated-lab-deployment/tree/master I have similar VLAN Fork that take VCF Workbook as guidelines for VCF 5.x Github Repo and related blog Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Deployment Branch Fork Vlan Update Workload Domains support Another of my VLAN Fork Github …


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  • 5. VCF 9.0 Homelab Offline Depot with generated download token for certified VCP-VCF VMUG Advantage members

    calendar Jan 26, 2026 · Homelab VCF 9.0 VMUG Advantage VCP-VCF VCP-VVF DOWNLOAD TOKEN VCF OFFLINE DEPOT METADATA VCF 9 LICENSES  ·
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    **5. VCF 9.0 Homelab Offline Depot with generated download token for certified VCP-VCF VMUG Advantage members**

    Since the end of year 2025 we have the ability to generate Download Token in Alpine page for VMUG Advantage members certified VCP-VCF/VCP-VVF, before that the workaround i asked in vExpert Discord chat server after i got certified in the end June 2025 and coincidentally VCF Engineering had the same idea (most probably …


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  • 4. VCF 9.0 Homelab Deploy on NFSv3 with Workarounds

    calendar Dec 27, 2025 · Homelab VCF 9.0 NTP NFS Deploy VCF Installer Workaround  ·
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    **4. VCF 9.0 Homelab Deploy on NFSv3 with Workarounds**

    vCenter depoyed and operational in 21min deployment begin with and finish deploying the vCenter OVA in 5min and then became operational in 21min Fail 1 NTP CREATE_VI_PREVALIDATE_FAILED Pre-validation of Workload Domain creation failed with the following messages: NTP Server(s) is/are not available: 192.168.1.100 …


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  • 3. VCF 9.0 Homelab Repeatable Wipe and Reload from Buildup to Validations

    calendar Dec 27, 2025 · Homelab Github VCF 9.0 NFS Clean ESXi-Kickstart VCF-Offline-depot Deploy-VCF-Installer Workarounds Customized SMBIOS BIOS UEFI Validations  ·
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    **3. VCF 9.0 Homelab Repeatable Wipe and Reload from Buildup to Validations**

    First and foremost this serie of posts rely on this repo https://github.com/abbedsedk/vcf-9x-in-box-nfs Before we begin let's prepare ESXi kickstart KS1.CFG 1vmaccepteula 2#Using USB Key as install and boot device 3install --disk=mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 --overwritevmfs 4reboot 5 6network --bootproto=static --vlanid=300 …


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  • 2. VCF 9.0 Homelab Infrasturcture Services Setup

    calendar Dec 24, 2025 · Homelab VCF 9.0 DNS NTP NFS  ·
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    **2. VCF 9.0 Homelab Infrasturcture Services Setup**

    The IP/Naming scheme are slitghly different from the original github repo. Feel free to adapt to your own. https://github.com/lamw/vcf-9x-in-box/tree/master DNS and NTP services will be setup in a windows server VM running on VMware Workstation using bridged to 2.5G usb-c nic DNS UPDATED 27/1/2026: VM Network to …


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  • 1. VCF 9.0 Homelab Physical Setup and almost complete BOM under 1000€

    calendar Dec 23, 2025 · Homelab VCF 9.0 BOM NFS  ·
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    **1. VCF 9.0 Homelab Physical Setup and almost complete BOM under 1000€**

    Diagram Office Desk 2 wooden trestles (given) microfiber cloth (in between) tick black glass table (5€ at "leboncoin" - Neighborhood Marketplaces eBay like) Posture An old picture that i made following along since 1998 that someone uploaded on wikipedia as it is long standing informations. I find the most …


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  • How i pass VCP-VCF Administrator 2025 version exam online from home!

    calendar Jun 27, 2025 · vEXPERT VMUG Advantage VCP-VCF Certification  ·
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    **How i pass VCP-VCF Administrator 2025 version exam online from home!**

    Blueprint Exam Objectives https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/vcp-vvf-arch-3 Broadcom Techdocs Documentation https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/5-2/vmware-cloud-foundation-operations-5-2.html Join the VCP-VCF Administrator Exam Study Groups Discord Channel - https://discord.gg/cAgPKfAPnd …


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  • My selection of Hands-On Lab for VCP-VCF 5.2 and VCF 9.0

    calendar Jun 27, 2025 · Certification VCP-VCF VCF 5.2 VCF 9.0 HOL  ·
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    **My selection of Hands-On Lab for VCP-VCF 5.2 and VCF 9.0**

    Let's begin by the full catalog So you can make your own selection. https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog VCF 5.2 with VCP-VCF in mind with a focus on Aria Suite I've spelled the lab page number to better identify them, this is especially useful if you're talking to someone else to be on the same page. lab 14177 - …


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Featured Posts

  • 6. VCF 9.0 Homelab Save TB transitioning Windows NFS thick to Rocky Linux NFS thin
  • Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork - with VCF Automation
  • Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork
  • 5. VCF 9.0 Homelab Offline Depot with generated download token for certified VCP-VCF VMUG Advantage members
  • 4. VCF 9.0 Homelab Deploy on NFSv3 with Workarounds
  • 3. VCF 9.0 Homelab Repeatable Wipe and Reload from Buildup to Validations
  • 2. VCF 9.0 Homelab Infrasturcture Services Setup
  • 1. VCF 9.0 Homelab Physical Setup and almost complete BOM under 1000€

Recent Posts

  • How i pass VCP-VCF Administrator 2025 version exam online from home!
  • My selection of Hands-On Lab for VCP-VCF 5.2 and VCF 9.0
  • VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 GA
  • Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Deployment Branch Fork Vlan Update Workload Domains support
  • VCP-VCF, After VMware NSX Edge Cluster, Planning Workbook, Deploy AVNs and Aria Lifecycle from SDDC Manager UI
  • VCP-VCF, After Bringup, Planning Workbook, Configure VLANs, DNS, NTP, BGP, Deploy VMware NSX Edge Cluster via VCF API
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  • Honored to be part of the VMware by Broadcom vEXPERT community in 2025 again !

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